Talk:Pickaxe

1. I think the combination of Strength and Tool should be described as "Mining Power" as Strength is already one of the components of said value. Efficiency could be conflated with masonry softcap.

2. Examples used currently check out (q40 pickaxe, 100 STR = (40x2=80) x (100) = 8000) (q10 pickaxe, 300 STR (10x2=20) x (300) = 6000) but the page for "mining" includes following:

(quote:) The ability to mine out walls easier scales with your Mining Ability , calculated in W8 as ${\sqrt {Strength*avgTool}}$. Note that the tool's average is calculated based on double the qualities for pickaxes and normal qualities for axes. Formula for it is suspected to be $AvgTool={\sqrt[{2}]{\frac {{q}Tool^{2}}{3}}}$ for axes or double that for pickaxes. Said formula has also been affectionately referred to as "the whole square average thinger", it's a technical term.

Example: You have a Q20 Pickaxe (remember that pickaxe quality counts double in the formula) and 60 Strength. Your mining ability would equal to sqrt(60 * 40) = ~50 Mining Ability. Let's assume you tried to mine a wall and received "That rock is much too hard for you to mine" message. That means you would need at least 80 or more Mining ability to start mining that wall.

Using a better quality tool and better strength means more tiles to mine available. Strength can be increased by equipment such as a Bear Tooth Talisman, Bear Cape or by the following rings: Forge Ring, Thane's Ring, or Beast Ring
(unquote)

--Vatas (talk) 08:54, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Naming: "Mining Power" as alternative for "Mining strength" or "effective strength" sounds fine to me. What about that "Mining Ability" use, it also seem to refer to "effective strength".

Math: .?. oOps. Right, I punched √X*Y into calculator, while that should have been √(X*Y). (zZzZ) (was kinds trow off by the "()" use in the formula. Sorry Jenevelle.)

"... for axes or double that for pickaxes": This seems a bit ambiguous. As in 'formula-result' vs 'just the pickaxeQ'.

Restored to previous edit. Leaving potential rewrites to you both. --.MvGulik. 11:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC)